Oliver's Grocery Store/Lilydale Rural Supplies Shop

The property at 148 Main Street, Lilydale (otherwise known as the Oliver’s Grocery Store / Lilydale Rural Supplies Shop (former)) is significant. The form, scale and original detailing of the early 20th shop is of local significance. The ground shop front and rear extension beyond the gabled roof are not significant.

The Oliver’s Grocery Store / Lilydale Rural Supplies Shop (former) is of local historical and aesthetic significance to the township of Lilydale and Yarra Ranges Council more broadly.

This small double-fronted brick shop, once with a long front verandah, has high local significance as an important local business in Lilydale's Main Street. Oliver's Grocery Store operated there for half a century, from 1914 until 1965, carrying on a family business typical of the period. The Cathcart family have owned the building since the mid-1920s.

 

The Oliver’s Grocery Store / Lilydale Rural Supplies Shop (former) is historically significant to the township of Lilydale as a remnant example of an early 20th century commercial premises from a key period of development and commerce in Lilydale. Oliver's Grocery Store operated from 1914 until 1965, functioning as a family business typical of the period. The Cathcart family owned the building from the mid-1920s through to the 21st century.

 

The Oliver’s Grocery Store / Lilydale Rural Supplies Shop (former) is aesthetically significant an early 20th century commercial premises that retains some key features including the double gable parapet, moulded sill course, precast consoles and urns.